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SR -13A Mine <br />Permit No. M- 1977 -311 <br />Request for Amendment to Reclamation Permit <br />Introduction <br />The SR -13A Mine is located approximately 1.6 miles north - northwest of Slick Rock, <br />Colorado in San Miguel County. It is operated by Cotter Corporation as a 110 <br />Hardrock/Metal Mining Permit No. M- 1977 -311. The original 110 application included <br />9.74 acres. <br />Cotter is the lessee of Mining Lease No. AT (05- 1) -ML- 60.8- C- SR -13A originally issued <br />by the U.S. Department of Energy on September 16, 1977. This lease covers some 393 <br />acres and gives Cotter the right to explore, develop, mine and remove ore deposits of <br />uranium, vanadium and associated minerals. <br />Known reserves will be accessed through the mine portal located in Section 25, T44N, <br />R19W NMPM. The permit was issued in 1977. The portal area, mine waste areas and <br />ventholes associated with this mine have been reclaimed. <br />Cotter is amending the original permit in order to comply with the Division of <br />Reclamation, Mining and Safety's (DRMS) request. Under the new rules and regulations <br />for hardrock mining, all uranium mines are classified as Designated Mining Operations <br />(DMOs), and as such require Environmental Protection Plans. <br />Cotter previously released of 2.96 acres associated with a venthole and access roads, as <br />well as the southern tip of the main permitted area from reclamation liability. This <br />reduced the permitted acreage to 6.78 acres. 1.74 acres are being added to the mine yard <br />and waste dump in order to include stormwater management structures and 0.16 acres are <br />being added to an access road. This will bring the total permitted acreage to 8.68 acres. <br />Cotter submits the attached exhibits and maps to provide clarifying information for this <br />request. <br />